Slide 10: Three Largest Disparities in Health Care Quality for Selecte

Slide Presentation of the 2008 National Healthcare Disparities Report

Slide 10

Three Largest Disparities in Health Care Quality for Selected Groups

A table displaying results for core measures for different ethnic groups. Measure and rate are relative to reference group, 2005 NHDR versus 2008 NHDR.

Group—Hispanic

Measure—New AIDS cases per 100,000 population age 13 and over:

• Relative rate 2005—3.7.
• Relative rate 2008—3.3.

Measure—Adults who can sometimes or never get care for illness or injury as soon as wanted:

• Relative rate 2005—2.0.

Measure—Composite: Children whose parents reported poor communication with health providers:

• Relative rate 2007—2.0.

Measure—Composite: Children whose parents reported poor communication with health providers:

• Relative rate 2005—1.8.

Measure—Pregnant women who did not receive prenatal care in the first trimester:

• Relative rate 2008—2.0.

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